Display-frame for show-windows.



PATENTED MAY 5, 1903..

J. B. ALLEN.

DISPLAY FRAME FOR SHOW WINDOWS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented. May 5, 1903.

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JAMES B. ALLEN, OF SAN- FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 727,252, dated May 5, 1903. Application filed July 14,1902. eria1No. 115,418. (No model.)

To (all whom) it may concern.

Be it known that I, JAMES B. ALLEN, a'citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and 'useful Improvement in Display-Frames for Show- Windows, of which the following isa speci fication.

This invention relates to a device for supporting a hat or similar article in position for display in a store-window; and the invention sists in certain novel construction and combination of head, socket, and brim-holding frames, also in certain features of adjustment in combination with said parts, also incertain details of construction of the head and brim-holding frames, producing an adj ustable display-frame, all as hereinafter described,

and pointed out in'the claims at the end of,

'2 straightmembers' parallel with the middle this specification.

The following description explainsat length" the manner in which I proceedto construct,

produce, and carry out my said invention, theaccompanying drawings being referred to by.

figures and-letters.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective View of a display-frame embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view, and Fig. 3 a side view. Fig. 4 is a slight modification showing the manner of constructingthe head of Wood.

The parts of this display-frame are herein designated and referred to as the head a, socket 1), frames 0 c, and supporting-standard d. The lastnamed part is not included among the novel parts of the structure for the reason that it is the same as the ordinary standard commonly :used in store-windows to support ablock for holding a hat in an elevated position. By removing the block from such a standard the socket b of my displayframe can be fitted on the end of that support, and the storekeeper is thereby enabled to utilize the standards he has alreadyin use.

-..varying angles.

In that case-only the head and the connected parts need be furnished, and for that purpose the socket b is slitted longitudinally or is formed in two parts, as shown in Fig. 3, to fit difierent sizes or thicknesses of standards.

A hinge-joint 2, having a clamp-screw 3 with a thumb-nut 4, unites the socket and the head and allows the latter piece to be tilted from a horizontal position and set at The head a is best made by bending a rectangular strip of sheetametal so as to formtwo parallel sets of tubes or apertures 5 5 on opposite sides of the central point at which the socket is fixed; but the head can also be made of a solid block of wood,as shown at a" inFigr l, by boring the holes 6 6 through it. These apertures or holes constitute sockets to receive the wire legs 7 7 of the frames 0,

and the wires are fitted in them sufficiently close or. tight to hold in position without requiring set-screws or other fastening means.

The frame 0 is produced from a single strip of wire. by bending the same in a curve at the middle, 'so as to bring the two ends parallel and pointing in the same direction, and then bending the straight members twice at right angles, as shown at 9 l0, bringing the portion 8, but a short distance above the plane of the middle portion. Bending the frame in thismanner throws themiddle portion 8, on

which the hat is carried, somewhat below the level of the head a, and when the hat 0c is placed on the frame, with the brim y resting on the supports 8 8 at front and back, the head a will lie within the crown of the hat and be strong light the portion of the body covered by the ticket soon becomes a different shade or color from the other part not so protected from the light. To overcome these objections, I provide a ticket-holding device in connection with my improved display-frame by means of which the price-ticket is supported directly in front of the hat it is intended to mark without being carried by the hat. This device consists of a rod e, having a double bend or offset, as shown in Fig. 3, and a straight member for inserting in a socket 13, provided in the head a. The ticket is fixed in the front end, which has a hook 14 for that purpose. By this attachment to the frame the price-ticket is supported in front of the brim instead of on the hat.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- l. A display-frame comprising a head having apertures as described, wire frames having parallel legs adapted to fit the apertures in the head and brim-supporting portions, and a socket under the head adapted to fit a supporting-standard.

2. In a display-frame, the combination of a suitable standard, a head having a socket to receive the standard, apertures in said head, the adjustable brim-supporting frames fitted in said apertures and an adjustable joint uniting the head to the socket.

3. The combination Withasuitable support, of the brim-holding frame having straight legs, the head having apertures adapted to receive the legs of the frames, the socket on the head adapted to receive the support, and the ticket-holding rod supported by the head in front of the brim-holding frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses'.

JAMES B. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

EDWARD E. OSBORN, M. REGNER. 

